Eddie Scarpa

Edoardo "Eddie" Scarpa (1908-) was an Italian - American mobster working for the Moretti/Falcone Crime Family of New York City. He was close friends with Joe Barbero and Vito Scaletta.

Biography
Scarpa was born in 1908 to a family of Italian - Americans. At an early age he fell into organized crime working for Carlo Falcone smuggling liquor during prohibition. After the death of Tomaso Moretti in 1933 Falcone made Scarpa the owner of The Garden of Eden, a strip club in Manhattan.

Becoming an Underboss (1950)
In the summer of 1950 the Underboss at the time, Rocco, attempted to kill Carlo Falcone but failed. Shortly afterwards he and his men were killed by Joe Barbero and Scarpa. After the death of Rocco Scarpa took over as Underboss of the family.

The death of Frankie Potts
Scarpa discovered that an associate of the family named Franky Potts had skimmed counterfeit money from Falcone, Scarpa killed Potts in his apartment and buried the body a few nights later with Vito Scaletta, whom had been introduced to Scarpa the same evening by Joe.

Making Joe and Vito
In May of 1951 the Falcone Family accountant, Harvey Epstein along with family associates, Tony Balls, and Frankie the Mick were kidnapped by Luca Gurino's men. Vito was sent to save them, he managed to save Tony and Harvey but Frankie had already been killed. After a short struggle Harvey and Tony killed Luca Gurino. Later that night Joe and Vito were brought into the family and became made men.

Death of Alberto Clemete
On June 15 1951 Scarpa sent Joe and Vito to kill Alberto Celente, the job did not go as planned but Clemete was killed none the less.

After Falcone's Death
It is unknown what became of Eddie Scarpa after Carlo Falcone's death in September of 1951.